Chances are good that if you've read about health sciences at some point, you've heard of PCR. But if you aren't one of the many people that routinely perform this procedure as part of biological ...

Because of its reliability, sensitivity and low cost, PCR has become the backbone of modern diagnostics. In recent years, researchers have ingeniously capitalized on the fundamental nature of PCR ...

ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobidiag Ltd, a Finnish molecular diagnostics company, today announced the CE-IVD marking of Amplidiag® Easy, a proprietary system allowing nucleic acid extraction and ...

Every American traveling abroad needs to take an antigen test to return to the United States. But the start of the trip is often even more cumbersome, as many other countries (nearly every one I have ...

Here we describe a simplified method for direct breakage of the emulsion using the DNA binding buffer (containing guanidine hydrochloride and isopropanol) that is provided with commonly used silica ...

Tuberculosis testing and treatment needs to happen close to the point of infection. PBD Biotech has developed a lyophilized PCR reaction bead for its Actiphage ® blood test for active TB. This enables ...

iconPCR is transforming PCR assay development. DOE research that at one point required dozens of plates and long hours at the ...

For decades, optimizing annealing temperatures in PCR has pushed the limits of PCR forward to more difficult tasks. At the same time, mastermixes and kits became more powerful and less prone for ...